Lelia Virginia Glover Feathers

Lelia Virginia Glover Feathers, age 86, resident of Moscow, Tennessee and wife of the late Olton Lee Feathers, departed this life Monday morning, February 17, 2025 at her home.

Lelia was born February 28, 1938 in Somerville, Tennessee, the daughter of the late Robert Glover and Bertha Perry Glover. She graduated from Memphis Technical High School and was married September 1, 1951 to Olton Lee Feathers who preceded her in death on June 15, 2009. Lelia was employed at St. Francis Hospital in Memphis, Kirby Pines Nursing Home in Memphis and then private duty nursing before her retirement in 2020.

Mrs. Feathers was a member of Elliston Baptist Church in Memphis and most recently at Morris Memorial Baptist Church in Moscow. She loved baking and cooking and will be remembered for making her famous biscuits and for being the “pie lady”.

Mrs. Feathers is survived by four daughters, Ann Smith (Charles) of Williston, TN, Pamela Johns of Moscow, TN, Karen White of Moscow, TN and Teresa Holloway (Earl) of Chillicothe, OH; two sisters, Beverly McClure of Somerville, TN and Nannie Michael of Booneville, MS; her brother, Billy Glover of Somerville, TN; eleven grandchildren, Dwayne Smith, Brian Smith, Dana Rapp, Sharon Jones, Jeremy James, Mitchell Sowell, Mandy West, Michelle Jackson, Amber Matthews, Earl Holloway III and Kae-Len Stamm; thirty-five great-grandchildren and eight great-great-grandchildren.

In addition to her husband and parents, she was preceded in death by her daughter, Jackie James; her grandson, Kevin Smith; and six siblings.

A visitation for Mrs. Feathers will be from 12 noon until 2 P.M. Wednesday, February 26, 2025 at the Peebles West Funeral Chapel at Oakland. Funeral Services will be at 2 P.M. Wednesday, February 26, 2025 at the Peebles West Funeral Chapel at Oakland with Bro. Mark Duggin, pastor of Morris Memorial Baptist Church, officiating. Interment will follow in the Fayette County Memorial Park Cemetery on Highway 64.

Those honored to serve as pallbearers will be Dwayne Smith, Brian Smith and Mitchell Sowell Honorary pallbearers will include Bubba Feathers.

The family requests that memorials be directed to St. Jude Memorial Giving, 501 St. Jude Place, Memphis, TN 38105-9959.